- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 September 2020
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Current Status:
Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 14 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what the qualification criteria will be to apply for the Self-Isolation Support Grant.
Answer
Applications for the new Self Isolation Support Grant (SISG) opened on 12 October. The Self-Isolation Support Grant is a new grant of £500. It will be offered through the existing Scottish Welfare Fund, administered by local authorities in Scotland.
In order to be eligible for the Grant, you must:
- Have been told by the Test and Protect Service to self-isolate as a result of COVID-19, either because you have tested positive for coronavirus or have recently been in close contact with someone who has tested positive
- Be employed or self-employed
- Be unable to work from home and face a reduced income as a result of self-isolating
- Currently receive, or have been awarded but not yet received a payment of Universal Credit or legacy benefits.
People who are not eligible for the Support Grant may still apply to their local authority for a crisis grant through the existing Scottish Welfare Fund.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 October 2020
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Current Status:
Answer expected on 5 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding how the various changes in regulations and restrictions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic are being met by environmental health officers, including what additional training has been required.
Answer
Answer expected on 5 November 2020
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 October 2020
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Current Status:
Answer expected on 5 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what the vacancy level is for environmental health officers in each local authority area, and how this compares with each the last three years.
Answer
Answer expected on 5 November 2020
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 October 2020
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Current Status:
Answer expected on 5 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of the environmental health officers in each local authority are female, also broken down by the proportion of those recruited as a result of the additional resources it announced on 22 September 2020.
Answer
Answer expected on 5 November 2020
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 October 2020
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Current Status:
Answer expected on 5 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) sickness and (b) absence level is for environmental health officers in each local authority area, and how this compares with each the last three years.
Answer
Answer expected on 5 November 2020
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 21 September 2020
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how it will determine the membership of the working group to consider a standalone offence of misogynistic harassment.
Answer
The challenges of COVID-19 have meant that the Working Group’s remit and membership are yet to be finalised, however this remains a priority.
The Scottish Government will provide further details later this month.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 September 2020
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 8 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting victims of crime during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 8 October 2020
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 17 September 2020
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 28 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5T-02387 by Michael Matheson on 15 September 2020 (Official Report, c.7), how much it has spent on repairs and other associated costs on the Rest and Be Thankful (a) in each of the last 10 calendar years and (b) since January 2020, broken down by (i) actual repair and clean-up costs for the A83, (ii) rental, lease or similar access costs for the use of the Old Military Road, (iii) upgrading, maintenance and traffic management and associated costs required for the Old Military Road, (iv) assistance to ferry companies for the provision of additional services, by company and (v) remediation engineering works, including for catch nets, catch pits, wig-wam warning signs, slope erosion protection measures, culverts and similar hydrological control measures.
Answer
The following table contains the amount spent on the A83 Rest and Be Thankful by calendar year from 2013-14 to date.
A legal agreement with the land owner at Glen Croe is in place for use of the Old Military Road. As this is a private legal agreement, the details cannot be disclosed.
No additional funding has been given to ferry companies in relation to the Rest and Be Thankful.
Financial Year | Actual repair and clean-up costs for the A83 | Upgrading, maintenance and traffic management and associated costs required for the Old Military Road | Remediation Engineering Works |
2013-14 | £1,293.60 | £108,648.22 | £2,700,977.25 |
2014-15 | £351,020.91 | £337,296.35 | £610,859.94 |
2015-16 | £527,656.21 | £161,862.68 | £29,549.97 |
2016-17 | £39,129.12 | £389,926.36 | £128,610.12 |
2017-18 | £1,708.38 | £84,065.51 | £770,631.19 |
2018-19 | £1,604,040.86 | £43,357.00 | £1,824,670.09 |
2019-20 | £453,046.48 | £19,778.70 | £516,036.49 |
2020-21 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £139,253.74 |
Total | £2,977,895.56 | £1,144,934.82 | £6,720,588.79 |
Notes:
1. The requested information can only be provided by financial year from 2013-14 onwards (i.e. the current 4G term maintenance contract) due to how these records are stored. From 2010 to April 2013, during the previous 3G term maintenance contract, that data was not stored in that format and as such, annual breakdowns cannot be provided.
2. Costs for financial year 2020-21 are up to the end of July 2020.
3. Repair and clean-up costs: the current landslips from 3 August and 13 September 2020 have not yet been added, as costs are still being calculated.
4. The total investment spent on remediation engineering works at the Rest and Be Thankful includes catch nets, pits, Wig Wag signs, slope erosion protection measures, culverts, hydrological control measures.
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 August 2020
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Current Status:
Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 4 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has determined a date for the safe reopening of indoor trampoline parks.
Answer
The First Minister outlined in her statement on 20 August that from Monday 31 August indoor sport and leisure facilities can reopen with physical distancing and enhanced hygiene measures in place.
The Scottish Government have produced new guidance for the opening of indoor sport and leisure facilities with physical distancing and hygiene measures. This new guidance, created in collaboration with the sport and leisure sector will provide staff and customers with the confidence that it’s safe to return. To view the guidance please visit the Scottish Government website
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 31 August 2020
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 1 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the Scottish Welfare Fund is reportedly being underutilised.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 1 September 2020